A December 27 conference in Haiphong City has heard more than 206,000 people in Vietnam are currently living with HIV, of whom over 59,000 have developed full blown AIDS.
A December 27 conference in Haiphong City has heard more than 206,000 people in Vietnam are currently living with HIV, of whom over 59,000 have developed full blown AIDS.
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Mai Xuan Phuong, Director of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Department, said that despite a decline in new HIV infections, the number of patients from higher-risk groups like homosexuals, drug addicts, and prostitutes is on the increase.The US$65.9-million project aimed to disseminate HIV/AIDS information among high-risk groups, provide applicable HIV patients with healthcare services and methadone therapy, and forestall the spread of the fatal disease.
Infection via sexual transmission is now more common than via blood transmission. Controlling the pandemic is no easy task, especially in northern mountainous provinces, he added.
More than 62,000 Vietnamese people have been killed by HIV/AIDS. It is predicted that 0.29 percent of the total population will be living with HIV by 2015. The number of new HIV infections requiring antiretroviral treatment is expected to hit 140,000.
(Source:VOV)
